Doorstop



1 Oct. 13, 1931. H. M. -wHlTcoMB 1,827,055

c DOORSTOP med June 18. ma

FIG. 1.

ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 13, 1931 "errno/.STATES Y HARRIS tr. WHIrcoMB, `or ALBANY, WISCONSIN, Assis-Nonno ALBANY HARDWARZ.

sraoiALTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, on AnBANY, w1sooNsiN,A CORPORATION 0F 'WISCONSIN Application filed Jnne 18,

the holding means being in the form of a'l yleldable latching device lWhich is `adapted to be released by pressure on the door toward closing positionso thatitis unnecessary 'to operate the latch manually in order to'close the door.

Lil.; A furtherobject' of the invention is to pro-y ide a connection/With a yieldable'latching device, a manually operable locking member by which release of the latching means isprevented and the door may be positivelyllockedj lo in an open position.

A further object is toprovide va 'door stop of the character above referred to Which is composed of a minimum number of parts, which is inexpensive to manufacture and;

SQ) Which may be `'easily applied to any hinged' vclosure member. j

A further object is togpr'ovidea door stop in' which movements ofthe door are controlled by a pivoted stop member interposed i1) between the door and door casing and having sliding engagement With guide lmember Which yieldingly engages the stop member and which has a portion formed for latching engagement therewith, the latchingk portion Vof :Io the guide1 bar being yieldable When subjected to the thrust ofthe stop bar ink either direc-` tion so that the door may be Vautomatically latched and yieldably retained in open posi-l tion. j f Y 'n Y A further object isto provide a/manualrly operable loclringniemberufor 'holding the guide bar against movement so as to positively lock the door inopen position and to so mount t locking member thatin its normal posi- 4.3 tion, it does not interiere with the movements of the guide bar.' i L v llfith the above and other objects in" view,

the invention may .be saidtocomprise the deas illustrated in theaccompan'ying draw# oo ings hereinafterdescribed and particularly noonslrorv 192s. srarNo. 286,099. y

Sartini in ai@ appended Claims, together# f ner side'of the door with the door-close dthe locking position of the lock bar being shownV in dotted lines. Fig..3 `is` a section Fig. 'eis a section taken onthe linev indicated at 1 -4 in Fig. 3. 1l l r Referring' to the accompanying drawings, in" which the inventionis shownapplied to an outwardlyV opening door such as a garage door, the door is indicated bynumeral l and is mounted 'in asuitable frame of vvhicha janib Zand lintel 3 are shown", thedoor being connected tothe yjambQ by means of hinges 4L to 'swing outwardly.

Tothe inner side of the door adjacent the. upper edge thereof, there is attached a Wearplate 5 Which is inthe form of a iatgmeta-l strip 'secured tov theface of the door parallel with and adjacent the 'upper edge thereof by means of screws 6. The Wear plate 5 has attached thereto a guide bar 7 formed fromA iiat resilientl metal stock, the body portion of the guide bar being Aparallelwith the vvearf' plate and spaced outwardly therefrom andr the outer 'end ofthe guide bar being bent in`` wardly lat-S andsecured to the Wear plate by. means of a rive-t 9 at a point adjacent the outer end of the vvear'plagte. Adjacent its inner end,

in the inner end 'of the guide bar 7, the aperture being slightly larger than the pin so ythat the inner end of the bar 7 can move reelyon Y ,the pintoward'and from the Wear platef.l

The pin l()l carries a spring ll'vvhich bears 1 upontheouter face `of the 'bar 7 yto press 4the u however, the door may same against the wear plate, the spring being retained on the pin by a nut 12 at the outer end thereof, which may be adjusted to properly tension the spring. A short distance from its inner end, the guide bar 7 is bent to provide a. tapering projection 13 and a recess 1li between the projection and the pin 10.

A U shaped bracket 15 is attached to the under side et the lintel by means oi screws 16 and this bracket has a central aperture 17 which receives one end of a stop bar 18, the stop bar 18 having an end portion 19 bent upwardly and laterally to provide a pivotal connection for the bar in the opening 17 of the bracket. The opposite end of the stop bar 18 has a downwardly bent portion 2O which lies between the guide bar 7 and the wear plate 5, the portion 20 being bent laterally at its lower end to provide a retaining portion 21, the portions 20 and 21 at the end ot the bar providing a hook for retaining the stop bar in engagement with the guide bar.

Vfhen the door is swungto open position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the end portion 2O of the stop bar 18 moves from a point at the outer end of the guide bar 7, `as shown in full lines in 1, to the inner end of the guide bar, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. W'jhen the portion 2O ot the stop bar engages the tapered projection 13, the guide bai' 7 is pressed outwardly against its own resilience and against the pressure of the spring 11 to permit the portion 2() of the stop bar to pass the projection 13 into the recess 14.. When the end'portion 2O of the stop bar is engaged in the recess 14, the door is latclied in open position. The taper of the projection 13, liowevenewill permitthe stop bar to the projection 13, it stilici nt pressure is applied to the door in a direction to close it.

Under normal conditions, the door will be held open until pressure is applied manually to the free edge oi' the door. Sometimes,

c .u L be s bjected to heav i wind pressures which would torce the stop past the yielding laten and free the door. In order to prevent damage to the door by heavy inds, means is provided by which the door may be positively held in open position. To accomplish this result, a locking device is provided for positively holding the inner end of the guide bar 7 against outward movement so that. the end20 of the i stop bar is positively retained in the recess toe pin guide bar 7, so that it does not inter-tei" with the movements of the bar 7 toward and from the do-or. The bar has a lower end portion 211 bent inwardly at an angle, and normally resting against the face oit door, the aperture in the bar 22, tliro which the pin 10 passes, being oi somewhat greater diameter than t-lie pin so that the bar may be rocked toward and from the door. When the lower end ot' the bar 22 pulled away from the door, the upper end swings to a position immediately over the bai' 7 and it the bar 22 be also m ved laterally, the inner edge of the upper portion 23 of the bar is brought into full locking engagement with the guide bar 7 to pos. lock the inner end oit the bar against 'tl of the wear plat-e so that the door i positively locked in open position. ln oi r to releasably letain the lock bar 22 in locl'- ing position, an angle bracket 25 is secure to the inner tace o't the door at spaced laterally from the normal veiti position of the bar 22 toward the hi gedge of the door. rlhe bracket 25 has in its outer edge, a notch 2d in which 'the bar 22 may be retained. rlhe pressure oi the spring 11 tends to rock the lower edge of the b1 toward the face of the door and wli bar is in engagement with the notch 26, the spring serves to press the bar into the notch so that it will not be accidentally displaced therefrom.

lt will now be apparent that the p t invention provides a very simple and reliable door stop which operates normally as an automatic latch for yieldably retaining the door in open position, but which aise provides means for positively lockiig the door in open position when desired.

It will Valso be evident that the device is composed of a minimum number or parte all of simple construction and inexpensive to manufacture and that the device can be very quickly and easily assembled and attached to a door.

What l claim is:

1. A stop device interposed between a swinging closure member and the structure in which it is mounted comprisin` a stop member movably connected to the closure member and structure, latchiiig means engageable with said member for yieldably holding the closure member in an open position, and a manually operable locking member engageable with the latching means for positively holding the same against movement and locking the closure member in open position.

2. ik stop device interposed between a swinging closure member and the structure in which it is mounted and comprising a stop bar movably connected at its opposite ends to the structure and closure member, a yielding latch member was .vliicli 'the stop bai" cr.-

gages as vvthe closure rnieiiiberfis yopenedtojr yieldingljv holdingthe closure member'inaln lopen position,y and .a'movable .locking inem'- ber engageablewith thenlatch-memberfor positively holding the same against inovement to leclr the closure member in open"p0- sition.

3. ,A stop device interposed'betweeii a swinging closure member `and the `structure in which it is mounted andcomprising'af stop bar pivoted to one of said hingedly connected members and slidably connectedtothefother,

a yielding latch membercarried bythemenrber with which said bar is. ysli'dably connected, which engages with the stop bar as the closure member is opened to yieldinglyphold the closure member in open position, and a locking member movable into engagement with the latch member for positively holding the same against iiioveinent'tolock the closure member in open position.

il. A stop device interposed between a swinging closure member and the structure in which it is mounted and comprising a com-I bined guide bar and latch mounted on oneY of said hingedly connected members and extendingsubstantially at right angles to the pivotal of the closure member, said bar being resilient and having one end fixed, the

opposite end oic said bar being movable to-V ward and from the member to which it is attached and havin@ a recess on the inner side i thereof, and a stopoar pivoted at one end 'to the other of the hingedly connected members and having its opposite end slidable between the guide bar and the member to which it is lattached and engageable in said recess to hold the closure member in open position.

5. A stop device interposed between a door casing and a door hinged thereto and com-rv prising a combined guide bar and latch extending along a face of the door substantially at right angles to the pivotal axis thereof,

said bar having its outer end secured to thein an open position.

A stop device interposed between a swinging closure member and the structure in which it is mounted'and comprising a wear plate secured tol oneV of said hingedly con- =';r,. nected members and extending substantially yat right angles to the pivotal axis of the clos-` nre member, a resilient guide bar havingone l.

end iixed to 'said plate and the other movable toward and from the same,- said bar having a tapering projection on the inner side thereof adjacent its free endyand 'afstop'lbar pivoted 'at onelendto the otherof said lii'ngedly connected Amembers and :having its oppositev end rbent laterally and" retained between n said guide bar Vand wearfiplate, thelatter end of saidstop bar being movable past said projec-v closiire 'member is yieldingly retained infopen position. v

Y A stopdeviceinterposed'between a door. i casing having a )amb and lintel andV a 'door' hinged to VVthe .jamb' and comprising a combinedguide bar and latch securedto the inner side ofthe door 'adj acent its vupper edge, said bar having one .end secured .tothe .door and the' opposite' end movable toward and from the face of the door, the latter-endlofthebar having a'recefss on itsinner side,l a' springl yieldab'ly pressing the movablek end of thebar toward theface of the door, and a `stop bar l Apivotedat one end to the lintell and having at its 'opposite' end y.a portion vreceived, between the'guidebar yand door, said vendportion of the stop lbarbeingengageablein said recessto yieldingly hold the 'doori against movement.

tion to the inner side'fthereof.' whereby the l 8. Astop'devicev interposed 'between a door casing and ka :door hinged thereto andr comprising a combined guide 'bar y'and latch-secured to the innersideotlthe door'ziiid 'extend-I ing substantially at right angles toztlie plvotal axis of' the'door, said bar having one end 'seciired tofthedoonand the opposite end movablejteward and 4from-the face of 'the door, the latter endoff the bar. havingfarecess on its inner side,.-a sprin'gyieldabl-y,pressing the movable eind of the bar toward 'the 'face ot the door, afstop bari'pii'foted at one end to the casing 'andhaving at its opposite `end va por-y v tion received between the guide bar and door,- y ,said end portion ot'tlie stop bar being engageable `in said'i'ecess-to yieldingly hold the door against movement, and a locking-member carried bythe' door forenga-ging the movable end of said bar to positively 'retain 'the stop bar against movement.

9: Aste device interposed between a door casing? aiid'a'door `hinged thereto and coinprisiiig a combined giiidebar and latch se cured to the inner side of the door and dis-y posed'transversely 'with respect to the pivotal axis thereof, said bar having one end secured to thedoor and the opposite end movable to' wardandjfrom the face of the door, the latter endotlthe' barhaving a recesso-n its inner side,i ay spring yieldably pressing the movable end `of thebiirtoward the `face of theV door, va stopy bar pivoted at oneend to the casing and having at its opposite endva--portion receiif'ed between .the guide bar land door, said end portion of the stopbar being engageable 'in said recess. to yieldingly holdk the door against moveii'ien a"lloclingfinember -i'iivoted' to thev door'andfnerm'allvjheld by l gravity in aj'positioncleary of vsaid gu'ideibar, sairlflocking member beiiigilniovableto a lpoe sition engaging the movable end of the guide bar for positively holding the same against outward movement and locking said stop bar in said recess, and releasable means for retaiiling` the locking member in .locking position.

10. A stop device interposed between a door casing and a door hinged theretoy and comprising a combined guide bar and latch secured to the inner side of the door and/disposed transversely with respect to the pivetal axis thereof, said bar vhaving one end secured to tl e door and the opposite 'end movable toward and from the tace of the door, the latter end of the bar having a recess on its inner side, a pin projecting from the inner face of the door through the movable end of said guide bar, a spring carried by the pin for pressing said bar toward the door, a stop bar pivoted at one end to the casing and having its opposite end disposed between the guide bar and door and engageable in said recess when the door is opened, a locking` member pivoted on said pin and movable to a position in which it holds sait `guide bar against outward movement, whereby the stop bar is locked in said recess and the door is positively held against closing movement.

1l. A stop device interposed between a door casing and a door hinged thereto and cornprising a wear plate attached to the inner side of the door and extending transversely with respect to the pivotal axis thereof` a pin projecting from said plate adjacent the inner end thereof, a guide bar secured at its outer end to said wear plate and having its inner end slidable on said pin, said bar being bent to provide tapering projection on its inner side and a recess between said projection and pin, a spring` carried by the pin and pressing the inner end of theguide bar against the wear plate, and a stop bar pivoted at one end to the lintel and having its opposite end bent to hook iorm and extending' between the wear plate and guide bar, said stop bar moving past said projection as the door is opened and being yieldingly retained'in said recess to hold the door in open position.

l2. A stop device interposed between a door tram-e havin@ a jamb and lintel, and a door hinged to the jamb and comprising a weer plate attached to the inner side of the door adjacent its upper edge, a pin projecting from said plate adjacent the inner end thereof, a guide bar secured at its Outer end to said wear plate and having its inner end slidable on said pin, said bar being bent to provide a tapering` projection on its inner side and a recess between said projection and pin, a spring carried by the pin and pressing the inner end ot the Guide bar against the wear plate, a stop bar pivoted at one end to the lintel and having its opposite end bent to hook torni and extending between the wear plate and guide bar, said guide bar moving past said projection as the door is opened, and being yieldingly retained` in said recess to hold the door 1n open position, a locking Vbar pivot'ed to said pin outwardly of the HARRIS M. vVl-ITCOMB. 

